Monday 29 June 2015

Cyprus

No boat building for a bit.  Holiday in Cyprus instead.  I would post some pictures but after I loaded them onto my laptop, it got hacked by a virus and I find myself locked out by a password that I have no knowledge of.  To say I am miffed is an understatement.  It looks like the only option is a complete wipe of the hard drive.

Sunday 7 June 2015

Sinking in

The sink and tap are in, although not plumbed in yet.


 
The bedside cabinet on the right hand side is painted up and fitted.  Doesn't look too bad and defiantly much better that anything I could construct.                                                             
 
 
The other one will need to cut and shut to fit around the water pump.  The wide 'dado' that runs along the gunnels proved to be a bit difficult to get onto place.  The sides are not straight and much of the cladding is not fixed to anything solid, but its not too bad.  I am not sure if it will be good enough to take a coat of varnish.  Maybe I need to learn the art of scumble.                                                       
                                              
 
First coat of the cream paint goes on.  The usual problem of painting T&G.  Will need to spend a few hours with a very small brush pushing paint into the cracks.                                                                  
                                           
 
 
 
 
 

Monday 1 June 2015

A little thinking outside the box

As previously mentioned, I'm no great carpenter and I was wondering how to build some storage at the front of the cabin, under the front deck.  An ebay search turned up a couple of bedside cabinets at £20 each.  These almost fit the space perfectly and with a bit of fettling and some paint, should look pretty good I think.



I had been thinking about a sink for the kitchen without much success.  I need something small, but this seemed to offer only a caravan type or a cloakroom item.  The caravan ones looked a bit pants to be honest and the cloakroom ones were all very shallow.  Cycling past the chemistry department, I had a bit of eureka moment - what about a lab sink?  Small, ceramic and deep; perfect.

Not the cheapest option maybe, but it is rather nice.